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Record Nr.

UNINA9910447260103321

Autore

Tammer Christiane

Titolo

Scalarization and Separation by Translation Invariant Functions : with Applications in Optimization, Nonlinear Functional Analysis, and Mathematical Economics / / by Christiane Tammer, Petra Weidner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-44723-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (703 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Vector Optimization, , 1867-898X

Disciplina

515.63

Soggetti

Operations research

Mathematical optimization

Econometrics

Calculus of variations

Social sciences - Mathematics

Operations Research and Decision Theory

Optimization

Quantitative Economics

Calculus of Variations and Optimization

Continuous Optimization

Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Sets and Binary Relations -- Extended Real-Valued Functions -- Translation Invariant Functions -- Minimizers of Translation Invariant Functions -- Vector Optimization in General Spaces -- Multiobjective Optimization -- Variational Analysis -- Special Cases and Functionals Related to φA,k -- Set-Valued Optimization Problems -- Vector Optimization With Variable Domination Structures -- Variational Methods in Topological Vector Spaces -- Algorithms for the Solution of Optimization Problems -- Optimization Under Uncertainty -- Further Applications. .

Sommario/riassunto

Like norms, translation invariant functions are a natural and powerful



tool for the separation of sets and scalarization. This book provides an extensive foundation for their application. It presents in a unified way new results as well as results which are scattered throughout the literature. The functions are defined on linear spaces and can be applied to nonconvex problems. Fundamental theorems for the function class are proved, with implications for arbitrary extended real-valued functions. The scope of applications is illustrated by chapters related to vector optimization, set-valued optimization, and optimization under uncertainty, by fundamental statements in nonlinear functional analysis and by examples from mathematical finance as well as from consumer and production theory. The book is written for students and researchers in mathematics and mathematical economics. Engineers and researchers from other disciplines can benefit from the applications, for example from scalarization methods for multiobjective optimization and optimal control problems.